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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by zabzonk on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:43PM (#41477841)
a few years ago there was a big thrust here for haskell. and now it has all but gone. i do get a feeling that the same will happen with rust - but we will see.
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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by dralley on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:48PM (#41477861)
Rust already has orders of magnitude more adoption in the real world than Haskell
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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by davidw on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:53PM (#41477875)
I always had the impression that Haskell was primarily an academic language. Not that you can't use it for practical things, but a bit different in purpose compared to Rust.
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